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Jerry Cotton drives a red Jaguar E-type, built in 1966.

The novels center around the adventures of FBI agent Jerry Cotton, which take place in and around New York City.
In 1954 the first novel appeared as no. 68: "Ich suchte den Gangster-Chef" (I Sought the Gang Boss) in the series "Bastei Kriminalroman".
The pseudonym "Jerry Cotton" was developed in 1956 and the first novella with this name on the front-page appeared with the title "Ich jagte den Diamanten-Hai" (I hunted the Diamond Shark).
In 2005 the series reached the 2500th edition, "Expenditure". Total circulation about 850 million.